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Befitting its name, Green Leaf Spa's inviting space inundates the senses with calming, verdant hues. Key lime green walls and an assortment of leafy potted plants help create a naturalistic environment that builds even more of a distinction between the spa's soothing setting and the outside world's hectic pace and concrete landscape. Within this environment, clients are encouraged to forget about everyday stresses and, instead, indulge themselves with one of the available treatments. Facials rejuvenate the skin by thoroughly exfoliating, cleansing, and moisturizing the topmost layers while a gentle neck and shoulder massage relieves withheld tension. During mani-pedis, the nail technicians pamper the hands and feet while leaving the nails trimmed and coated with a flattering new colour of polish. Waxing treatments whisk away unwanted stubble from faces, limbs, or torsos, leaving the skin as smooth as freshly zambonied glacier.

Satin pillows dyed the colour of rose petals line a black banquette covered in velvet damask, below which bubbling footbaths sparkle in the light of the crystal chandelier above. This is Luxe Beauty Lounge & Mobile Spa, a spa that has been praised equally for the pedicures available at its brick-and-mortar location in Yaletown as for the expert beauty teams it sends to special events. Cleanliness is their top priority when dealing with feet. Nail technicians unwrap new cuticle sticks as well as new nail and foot files to groom each pair of toes, and their jet baths stay pristine with help from a special pipeless system and a miniature Aquaman with a passion for cleaning. Next on the list are luxurious surprises, including a tincture that transforms bathwater into a warm, softening salve, a scrub glittering with gold flakes, and an ice-cream-themed mani-pedi.
Facials evince the same level of care, as they are tailored to suit each skin type with organic tonics—there is even a biodynamic treatment for sensitive skin. Their mobile services centre around packages that range from 3 to 4 hours, and for weddings, they bundle their hair and makeup with their two in-house specialties into on-location pamperings that last up to 6 hours.

Over the course of the last 15 years, Natasha Kirillov has helped countless clients regain their youthful glows with a full suite of skin services. When she’s not working on celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Bridget Fonda, and Gillian Anderson, Kirillov can be found at her studio performing waxes, massages, and other body treatments—treatments that include facials powered by such brands as Peau Vive, a luxurious line known for producing potent, vegan formulas.

At Selfology Spa, the team believes that the beauty of their clients and the beauty of the wilderness shouldn't be at odds. That's why they strive to keep their work eco-friendly. Not only do they subscribe to the Green Circle Salon System, which encourages creative reuse and recycling, but their sunny white space was designed by the most sustainability-minded design teams around.
Those teams both ended up being couples: the Giovannonis made most of the salon furniture, and the Kuwabaras crafted the The Wood River, a custom white-oak bench. The love between the duos suffuses the salon, where clients show themselves love with pampering treatments. These range from purifying and brightening facials to custom haircuts to foot massages, perfect for clients who have tired out their feet doing high-fives wrong. It all feeds into the spa team's philosophy that the world, wilderness and all, is a better place when it's full of healthy, relaxed people.

"Our mission is simple," says Renaissance Medical Spa's website. "To help people around us to be beautiful and healthy, balanced and happy." They do this by providing a luxurious selection of face and body treatments, including custom facials with 100% organic products. There are more advanced skin treatments, too, such as Jessner's and ultrasonic peels. For the body, clients can seek muscular relief from Swedish or hot-stone massages, and smooth their silhouettes with anti-cellulite wraps.